Engineering

Systems Engineering

Ferris State University · Big Rapids, MI

Medium evidenceMatched peers12 institutions · related subjectsSee the evidence

The degree in numbers

Cost & earnings.

Annual tuition$13,630Institution-level tuition; programme fees may differ · before aid
Grouped debt estimate$27,886Related subjects at 12 matched peer institutions · bachelor's
Annual credentials awarded1Average of available recent award years; not the earnings sample size.

Earnings context

One career stage.
A clearer comparison.

USD · Bachelor's · 2 years after completion
Same source release. National references exclude this degree.

Selected degree estimate$64,324
Same subject · national$74,279
Engineering · national$63,302

Behind the number

Your comparison group.

Medium evidence

Related subjects at 12 matched peer institutions · bachelor's

Grouped estimate. Middle half of comparison values: $62,318–$66,307.

Historical earnings archive. College Scorecard legacy FOS archive (file dated 2022-01-19; cohorts vary). Do not interpret this as today's graduate salary. Further study and career changes are not modelled by this early-career figure.

Bachelor's outcomes · 2 years after completion
Institution & subjectReported earnings
Eastern Michigan UniversityDrafting/Design Engineering Technologies/Technicians, Electrical Engineering Technologies/Technicians, Engineering-Related Fields, Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians$67,335
Youngstown State UniversityChemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Civil Engineering Technologies/Technicians, Electrical Engineering Technologies/Technicians, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians$68,199
Colorado Mesa UniversityConstruction Engineering Technologies, Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians$55,628
University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical CampusCivil Engineering, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Mechanical Engineering$64,899
Morehead State UniversityEngineering Technology, General, Engineering-Related Fields$56,931
Eastern Kentucky UniversityEngineering-Related Fields$63,749
University of Southern MaineElectrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Mechanical Engineering$63,110
Morgan State UniversityCivil Engineering, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Industrial Engineering$65,964
Central Connecticut State UniversityCivil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians$64,990
Tennessee Technological UniversityChemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Engineering Technology, General, Mechanical Engineering$60,256
Jacksonville State UniversityEngineering Technologies/Technicians, Other$63,005
Wayne State UniversityChemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering Technologies/Technicians, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering$76,460
How matching & uncertainty work

We first look for the same subject code (or exact subject name), qualification, country, currency, source release and earnings horizon. Peer institutions are matched using admissions selectivity, completion rates, undergraduate size and institution type, with a small preference for the same region. These are institutional proxies, not a ranking of programme quality.

If subject-matched peers are sparse, we try related subjects at closely matched universities, related degrees at this university, then an explicitly labelled national reference. We never multiply a salary by a university prestige score.

Peer and national estimates give each reporting institution one vote, after taking the median of its related programmes. Shared branch-campus outcomes count once. The middle-half range describes variation between reporting institutions. It is not an individual salary range or a statistical confidence interval.

Evidence labels describe match quality and coverage, not validated prediction accuracy. Admissions and size are undergraduate institutional measures, so graduate-degree comparisons are especially approximate.

Historical cohort outcomes are not promised salaries or a causal effect of attending this programme. College Scorecard earnings cover eligible federal-aid recipients, not every graduate or international student. Source definitions ↗